Pin ticket



Dec. 4, 1923.

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Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

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ALONZO KIMBALL MARSH, or new YORK, N. Y., ssrenoa TO a. KIMBALLcoM'rAiiY, or new YORK, N. Y., a conroaa'rron or new YORK.

PIN TICKET.

To all whom it" may cance /n:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo KIMBALL MARSH, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of New York, county of New York, State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Pin Tickets, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the ccom-panying drawing, is aspecification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

.This invention relates to improvements in marking devices, such as, pintickets which are adapted to be secured to articles which are exposedfor sale which have a detachable flap adapted to be folded against theback of the body of the pin ticket and to be retained in folded positionbetween the body of the ticket and ticket is "attached to the articleand upon which flap notations, corresponding to the notations upon thepin ticket body, may be placed so thatthe flap may be detached andturned in to the office of the store as a sales record. The flap mayalso have placed upon it confidential memoranda for the employees of thestore.

The principal object of the invention is to prox' ide an article ofmanufacture comp-rising an integral strip consisting of a series of pintickets with their flaps which may be detached along suitable weakenedfold lines and used in the manner above described. Such strips of pintickets can be readily packaged and transported and the pin ticketsdetached from the strip as they are needed without danger of prickingand injuring the hands of the operator which some times occurs whenusual types of pin tickets are removed from boxes in which they aremiscellaneously placed.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a view of a. section of a strip of pin tickets and flapsembodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the pin ticket embodying the invention asapplied to the article to be marked;

Fig. 3 is a-view of the pin ticket with the flap in extended position;

the article when the pin- Fig. 4c is a perspective view of the back ofthe pin ticket showing against the back 5 and,

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a strip of pin tickets in the flapfolded staple, the penetrating members or legs 2 V and 3 of which passthrough the ticket 2. short distance from the upper edge, the loop i ofthe staple being bent around the edge of the ticket and clamped againstthe under face thereof as illustrated more fully in Fig. l of thedrawing.

The ticket is provided with a laterally extending flap '5 whichdesirably is integral with the ticket and weakened fold lines '6extending across the base of the flap in continuation of the edge 7 ofthe body of the ticket.

The body of the ticket and the flap desirably are provided withidentical notations so that the flap may be detached from the ticketandturned in to the office as a sales record of the article when sold,the body of the ticket being permitted to remain upon the article.

When the ticket is to be applied to the article, which usually is atextile article or material, the penetrating members of the fasteningdevice are-thrust through a portion of the article and bent laterally inthe customary manner. However, before the pin ticket is applied the flap5 is folded against the back of the ticket so that, when the ticket isapplied to the article the fastening member, by holding the ticket inparallelism with and close to the face of the article, serves to clamp.the flap between the body of the ticket and the article.- Such clampingaction occurs for the reason that the upper edge of the flap lies inproximity to the fastening device and the fastening v swinging toextended position even though same *csilience remains in the materialnotwithstanding the weakening of the fold line. When the flap is thusfolded against the back of the ticket it is practically concealed f sothat the pin ticket presents its usual neat appearance.

As before stated, thebody of the pin ticket and the flap desirably areprovided with identical notations, but confidential data for theoilicers or employees of the store may also be placed upon the flapwhich is removed when the sale is made.

By reason of this construction aneat pin ticket is provided which notonly contains all the capabilities of usual forms of pin tickets, butalso provides detachable mem veniently packaged as the strips can becoiled as illustrated'in Fig. 5 and enclosed ina suitable carton so thatthe points of the fastening members will be protected from in jury. Inthe second place the tickets can be readily detached from the strip asneeded without danger of injurin the hands of the operator and when thedesired number of pin tickets have been removed from the strip the rollcan be restored to its container so thatthe tickets and their fasteningmembers may be protected from being soiled or injured when not in use;Third, pin tickets formed in a strip in the manner illustrated canloereadily passed through the usual type of printing machines for pintickets and identical notations marked upon the flaps and body of thetickets so that pin tickets having such fiaps can be readily andeconomically produced.

The formation of the strip of pin tickets consists first in cutting astrip of marking material, such as, paper, 'of the desired form for theticket and flaps which, as illustrated herein, con prises alternatingnarrow sections 8 and wide sections 9 and producing weakened fold lines10 at the junctions of the narrow and wide sections so that the stripwill present aseries of alternating ticket bodies 1 and flaps 5.Tl16f&St6Il1I1g members are 7 secured to the upper-ends of the ticket,sections 1 in theusual manner hythrusting the limbs 2and 3 of thepenetrating members through the extending end portions of the ticketadjacent the edge thereof and folding the loop portion of the fasteningmember around the edge and against athe under face of the ticket in theusual manner.

The strip may be rolled into spiral form as illustrated in Fig. 5andplaced in a suitable carton'for shipment. The strip may be fed by the1' er through a suitable marking machine and the desired notations llprinted successively upon the ticket sections and the flap sections. IThe width of the fiap desirably 1s substanvHaving thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-.

ters Patent, is: 7

1. An article of manufacture comprising a strip of paper havingalternating narrow sections and wide sections, said wide sections bein)rovided ad'acent their rO ect-Q ing ends with penetrating members,weakened fold lines extending transversely of said strip at the edges ofsaid wider sections defining the contour of said wider sec- 7 w tions aspin ticket bodles whereby severance upon the fold lines on the same sideof suecessive wider sections will produce pin tickets each having alaterally extending flap. 1 2. An article of manufacture comprising astrip of paper having alternating narrow sections and wide sections ofequal length, said wide sections being provided adjacent theirprojecting ends with penetrating mem-.

bers, weakened'fold lines. extending transversely of said. strip at theedges of'said.

wider sections defining the contour of said wider sections as pm ticketbodies whereby severance upon the fold lines on the same side ofsuccessive wider sections will pro-v f duce pin tickets each having alaterally eX- tending flap and identical notations upon the successivenarrow and wide sections. In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name tothis specification.

" ALONZO KIMBALL ll IARSH. 1

